International Conference focusing on the topic “MOVING TOWARDS EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH.”…. 200 years of People of Indian Origin Tamils (IOT) in Sri Lanka” …. BCIS Auditorium (The Olympus), BMICH, Colombo, 11th December 2023
Welcome & Opening Address: Dr. Mario Gomez
Executive Director
International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo …
Inaugural Address: Dr. Yasodara Kathirgamathamby
Conference Chair, Department of Legal Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Special Address: Prof. Gamini Keerawella,
Executive Director, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo
A coffee plucker … 19th century
labourers among tea bushes .… & labourers assembled with kanganies at a tea factory
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kumar Nadesan
President, Global Organization of Peoples of Indian Origin –
Sri Lanka Chapter
Guest Speaker: Prof. Deepika Udagama
Department of Law, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya
Former Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, Sri Lanka
Guest Speaker: Prof. Subeshini Moodley
Department of Media & Communication
Nelson Mandela University (Port Elizabeth),South Africa
Chief Gues: Hon. Justice S. Thurairaja, PC
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Vote of Thanks: Ms Yohani Dodangoda
Communications Officer/ICES
Indian Tamils in British Ceylon have been denied equality by the British as they were brought & left behind to fend for themselves.
its not too late for the British to offer their kith & kin a British National (Overseas) Passport and a recognition